Shamanism
Who are Shaman?
Shaman are men and women who practice the healing arts by transcending the border between life and death. There are many traditions of
Shamanism from many cultures and shamanic healers are known by many names. 
What they have in common is the ability to access the world of spirit to bring
about change here in the physical world.
Some traditional shamanic healers work in trance achieved through the use of hallucinogenic plants or substances, or extreme physical exertion. The purpose of trance is to overcome ordinary physical consciousness to access spirit. Through meditation practice and the use of other techniques I have developed the ability to work in a "trance" state while at the same time retaining a degree of ordinary consciousness. As with shaman who work with plant or exertion induced trance, the healing process I use is entirely intuitive and not tainted by the thinking mind.
What is Shamanism?
The Shamanic tradition is also identified by its connection to nature. Shaman use their understanding and knowledge of the plants, animals and other manifestations of the natural world to bridge the divide between physical reality and spirit. The natural world, in contrast to the human world, responds unselfconsciously and directly to spirit without the intervention of the mind.
There are many different shamanic traditions around the world. In fact it is difficult to find a culture of any antiquity that does not have some form of shamanic element. In many cultures shamanism has been blended with other spiritual or religious practices, such as with buddhism in Tibet, with Taoism in China and with Hindu and Yogic practices in India in South East Asia.
In the end, however, Shaman cannot lay claim to any specific definition of their identity or their art. To do so is simply contrary to the nature of intuition which cannot and will not be constrained by the thinking mind. And so Shamanism in its many forms continues, even in the modern world, to guide and assist people in a variety of cultures, including our own.